Nadir D’Priest

TUFF DIARIES #4 The Metal Years, Famous People, Cocaine, Kiss and Sex with a Miss Gazzarri’s Dancer Rock City News, Troubadour, The Whisky, Redd Foxx, Nadir D’Preist, Slash and dating a future Van Halen wife I have been in Tuff for just over 2 months now and we’re a force to be reckon with on the Sunset Strip. At least that’s what we thought, Lol. Our 2nd Hollywood show was booked at Troubadour in West Hollywood.[…]

METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Tracii Guns succeeds big-time in L.A. Guns reunion with Phil Lewis at NAMM convention ANAHEIM, Calif., USA — For years L.A. Guns has been divided, a long, sad saga that has often included two versions of the band exisiting at the same time. That all ended Friday. Tracii Guns and singer Phil Lewis are reunited again, this time for good they swear, and Guns’ nemesis, longtime drummer Steve Riley, is[…]

ALL TWISTED Superstar band Twisted Sister headlines Riki Rachtman’s Cathouse anniversary at soldout Roxy LOS ANGELES, Calif., USA — Based on his reputation for being among the best in the world at what he does, rock impresario Riki Rachtman was able to sell out the Roxy and Whisky on successive nights to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his iconic club, The Cathouse — without letting anyone know which surprise bands would be performing. As Spiderman[…]

BACK FOR MORE Original RATT members PEARCY, DeMARTINI and CROUCIER make a statement LOS ANGELES, California — Sources close to the Ratt camp have been hinting around for months that something was going to happen. Now it appears something has happened. Over the weekend 3 of the original surviving Ratt members made a public appearance together in Los Angeles. Not only did they make an appearance, but they did so with guitarist Carlos Cavazo and[…]

WHAM BAM THANK YOU NAMM! Metal Sludge covers the annual NAMM convention, and boy did we have fun ANAHEIM, Calif., USA — The NAMM convention was a huge success once again, as the annual industry event gets bigger — and better — every year, and the 2016 version was off the charts in terms of an overflow crowd, an amazing array of equipment vendors and, best of all, a series of riveting performances by[…]

20 Questions

CRUSHED METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Rock talk with rising star Chris Crush of L.A. glam hopefuls Permacrush Metal Sludge loves to write about the same old favorites over and over again, but we have an eye for up-and-coming talent, too. The past two Los Angeles local bands Metal Sludge has given a shit about enough to actually publish something — Joyous Wolf and Six Gun Sal — both parlayed the momentum into[…]

Penis Chart

Ding-A-Ling: This Penis Chart will give the inside line on who has what in those Leather Stage Pants! The groupies, girl friends and ex wives have seen it all. And some have decided it was time to share it with Metal Sludge over the years. Sources young and old have been there, and done that for sure. Enjoy our world famous Penis Chart. The Long & Short of Rock N’ Roll Cocks! Disclaimer: I, Donna Anderson[…]

KISS KORNER

ALL SYSTEMS NO Vinnie Vincent cancels December shows in Memphis, rebooks for February in Nashville Blabbermouth — Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent‘s previously announced shows in Memphis on December 7 and December 8 have been postponed until February 8 and February 9, 2019 in Nashville due to additional scheduling and logistical requirements by the promoter. Promoter Derek Christopher said: “Vinnie is ready to rock and roll and is disappointed by the postponement, but we needed extra time to add and confirm[…]